Affordable homes (1)

Andrew Boff: How many developments approved since 2016 have met your target for 35% affordable homes? Please provide a breakdown by financial year.

The Mayor: Since April 2016, 451 developments with 10 or more homes have been approved with 35 per cent or more affordable housing. The number of approved developments with 35 per cent or more affordable housing by year is: 2016/17 – 115; 2017/18 – 111; 2018/19 – 129; 2019/20 – 96. Approximately 32,700 affordable homes were approved in these schemes out of a total of 64,600 units.
Notes: The data is provided by boroughs for the London Development Database (09/06/2020). The data relates to full and outline permissions for schemes with 10 or more residential units (smaller schemes are not normally required to provide onsite affordable housing). Data for 2019/20 is incomplete so is indicative only. Unit numbers are an estimate which have been adjusted to account for superseding.

Jobs Created from Good Growth Fund Supported Projects

Shaun Bailey: How many jobs have been created as a result of good growth fund supported projects? Please give a breakdown by borough.

The Mayor: The Good Growth Fund is projected to create over 6,000 jobs in total. There are 83 projects in this programme of which delivery partners have reported the creation of 109 jobs from 3 completed projects to date. The remaining projects are either in contract and capital spend is underway or are finalising the contract details and work will begin within the 2020/21 financial year.
The jobs created from this programme are as a result of the capital investment over time and the majority of jobs are not realised until capital works complete. Some capital activity that will deliver against this target is forecast to run until 2023/24, many projects having been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The breakdown of the jobs created so far by borough are as follows.
BOROUGH
TOTAL
Tower Hamlets
42
Southwark
67